- Author
- Vogel, B. M.
- Title
- Study of Fire Spread in Multi-Family Residences: The Causes--The Remedies. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Building Standards, Vol. 46, No. 2, 56-59,80, March-April 1977
- Report
- NBSIR 76-1194; CIB W14/77/13 (USA), February 1977, 21 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- apartments | building codes | fire walls | multifamily housing
- Abstract
- This report identifies the major elements contributing to the spread of fire in multi-family buildings, where the fire is beyond the area of origin. The data has been collected from 84 separate fires involving low-rise (garden apartments) residential buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This report categorizes the contributing factors of the fire spread into construction deficiencies, design deficiencies, and possible code violations; and suggests the need for specific revisions to building codes.